Tag Archives: television

Musicians Call on Film/TV Studios to Bargain Fair for Streaming Media

Studios’ refusal to provide New Media residuals threatens livelihood of musicians  

LOS ANGELES, CA (March 13, 2019) — Today members of the American Federation of Musicians, AFL-CIO, held a press conference calling on the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers to engage in fair contract negotiations and protect the future careers of professional musicians as the industry shifts to streaming and online distribution (aka “new media”). Continue reading

2018 Motion Picture & TV Roundup

Alita: Battle Angel | trailer | imdb (20th Century FOX 12/21/2018)

Aquaman | trailer | imdb (Warner Bros. 12/21/2018)

Bad Times at the El Royale | trailer | imdb (20th Century FOX 10/12/2018)

Bao | trailer | imdb (Disney/Pixar short – 6/15/2018)

BIGGER| trailer | imdb (Bee Holder 2018 tba)

BlacKkKlansman | trailer| imdb (Focus Features 8/10/2018)

Bumblebee | imdb (Paramount 12/21/2018)

The Christmas Chronicles | imdb (Netflix 11/22/2018)

Christopher Robin | trailer | imdb (Disney 8/3/2018)

The Cloverfield Paradox | trailer | imdb (Netflix 2/4/2018)

Crazy Rich Asians | trailer | imdb (Warner Bros. 8/15/2018)

Creed II | imdb (MGM/New Line Cinema/Warner Bros. 11/21/2018)

CyberWork and the American Dream | imdb (Shell Studios 2018)

The Darkest Minds | trailer | imdb (20th Century FOX 8/3/2018)

Deadpool 2 | trailer | imdb (20th Century FOX 5/18/2018)

Death Wish | trailer | imdb (MGM 3/2/2018)

The Equalizer 2 | trailer | imdb (Sony 7/20/2018)

Every Day | imdb (MGM 2/23/2018)

Fifty Shades Freed | trailer | imdb (Universal 2/9/2018)

First Man | trailer| imdb (Universal 10/12/2018)

Game Night | imdb (New Line Cinema/Warner Bros. 2/23/18)

Game Over, Man! | imdb (Netflix 3/23/2018)

Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween | imdb (Columbia/Sony 10/12/2018)

Green Book | imdb (Universal 11/21/2018)

The Grinch | trailer | imdb (Universal 11/9/2018)

Guest of Honor (short) | imdb ( Jump Rock Pictures 9/18/2018)

Halcón Ciego (Blind Hawk) | trailer | imdb (Cuatro Creciente Producciones, Urban Films 6/25/2018)

The Hate U Give | trailer | imdb (20th Century FOX 10/19/2018)

The House With a Clock in Its Walls | trailer | imdb (Universal 9/21/2018)

Continue reading

TV Musicians Demand Respect from the Networks

Audience members outside of “The Late Late Show With James Corden” taping at CBS Television Studios Dec. 6, 2017, support TV musicians and call on the networks to #RespectTheBand.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

December 7, 2017 – Musicians working on late-night, award, and other live television shows are calling on the networks to pay band members when they appear on YouTube and network websites.

“Other performers are all paid when Jimmy Kimmel Live! streams on YouTube or other online outlets, yet musicians are paid nothing. Musicians just want to be compensated for our likeness and our music,” said Cleto Escobedo III, Musical Director of Cleto and the Cletones. “I love Jimmy, the producers, and everyone we work with. We just need to make sure the networks treat us and ALL of our colleagues fairly.” Continue reading

Made In Hollywood Honors For Television 2016

Made In Hollywood Honors Television 2016 took place at 1600 Vine the morning of Sept. 7, 2016 - AFM Local 47 EMD Administrator Gordon Grayson, Film Musicians Secondary Markets Fund Executive Director Kim Roberts Hedgpeth, Recording Musicians Association International President Marc Sazer, AFM Local 47 Vice President Rick Baptist. (Not pictured: AFM Local 47 Secretary/Treasurer Gary Lasley)

Made In Hollywood Honors For Television 2016 – AFM Local 47 Electronic Media Division Administrator Gordon Grayson, Film Musicians Secondary Markets Fund Executive Director Kim Roberts Hedgpeth, Recording Musicians Association International President Marc Sazer, AFM Local 47 Vice President Rick Baptist. Not pictured: AFM Local 47 Secretary/Treasurer Gary Lasley. (Photo: Linda A. Rapka)

The 4th Annual Made In Hollywood Honors For Television awards honored this year’s Emmy-nominated shows produced in California and the Los Angeles area in a star-studded program the morning of Sept. 7, 2016. Continue reading